Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble

Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble (; ) is a Sufi khānegāh and shrine complex that contains the tomb of Sheikh Safi-ad-Din Ardabili. It is located in the city of Ardabil, in the province of Ardabil, Iran. In 2010, the religious funerary complex was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The mausoleum was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 6 January 1932 and is administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

History Sheikh Safi, a leader of an Islamic Sufi order established by the Safavids, was born in Ardabil where this complex is located. The Safavids valued the tomb-mosque form, and the tomb with its mausoleum and prayer hall is located at a right angle to the mosque. The buildings in the complex surround a small inner sahn, that is . The complex is entered through a long garden.

The Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi was built by his son Sheikh Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā, after Sheikh Safi's death in 1334.Square Kufic It was constructed between the beginning of the 16th century and the end of the 18th century. The mausoleum, a tall, domed circular tower decorated with blue tiles, is approximately high. Beside it is the 17th-century Porcelain House preserving the sanctuary's ceremonial wares.

Also part of the complex are many sections that have served a variety of functions, including a library, a mosque, a school, mausolea, a cistern, a small outdoor museum with ítems of the Shahr Yeri Historical Site and pedroglyphs found in Ardabil County, a hospital, kitchens, a bakery, and some offices. The complex incorporates a route to reach the shrine of the sheikh divided into seven segments, which mirror the seven stages of Sufi mysticism. Various parts of the mausoleum are separated by eight gates, which represent the eight attitudes of Sufism.

Architecture The present complex, called the tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, includes the outside of the tomb, the portal, the great courtyard, the portico, the grave of Sheikh Safi al-Din, the Andaruni (women-only space), the grave of shah Ismail I, Chinikhana (China House) which has beautiful stuccos and several precious wooden and silver doors and keeps Shah Abbas' I porcelain collection, as by the chronicle of Jalal al-Din Yazdi donated by the Chinese emperor, the Janatsara Mosque, Khanqah, cheraqkhaneh (or house of lights), Dar al-Huffaz ("Home of Coran reciter"), Chellehkhaneh (a praying room), the burial ground of the martyrs and other belongings.

The tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili is a cylindrical tower topped off with a short dome. Beneath the dome, there is a vault that is one of the valuable works of the tomb, and around the edge of it, there is an inscription carved in the Reqa' style calligraphy. One of the unique features of the tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili is that it contains several valuable works of art on different themes of art, including a certain type of mosaic tiles, vaulted tiling with painting, stuccos, inscriptions, and calligraphy of the calligraphers of the Safavid era including Mir Emad Hassani, Mir Qavamoddin, Mohammad Ismail. It also features wood-carvings, silversmithing, illuminated manuscripts and goldsmithing, paintings, using a varying style of stonework.

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Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble

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